NJCounts 2016

All twenty-one New Jersey Counties will be counting individuals and families who were homeless – both sheltered and un-sheltered - on the night of Tuesday, January 26, 2016.This annual census is conducted by networks of organizations, agencies and others that plan community efforts to end homelessness and is coordinated by Monarch Housing on the statewide level.

The goal of the first Annual Homeless Sabbath is to engage as many congregations of all faiths to include readings in their service(s) held on December 16th, 17th and 18th, 2016, at their respective house of worship. Click here to register online to participate.

What Happens When Inmates Come Home?

Can Supportive Housing be Part of the Social Solution?

Monarch Housing has reported on supportive housing as a solution for ending the cycle of incarceration.

And that solution is interesting to think about in light of a new documentary film, “Pull of Gravity” funded by the Media in Neighborhoods Group (MING), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Seven hundred thousand inmates are released from U.S. prisons each year. And this new film explores, what happens when they come home?

It features three men in different stages of reentry from prison to society, offering compelling insights that can help shape responses from family members, parole officers, law enforcement officials, and the social networks upon which reentry is dependent.